Planes sequel Fire and Rescue announced by Disney

Planes, the Disney film starring Dane Cook, has been given a sequel (Picture: Disney Enterprises)

Planes has not even reached UK cinemas yet and Disney has already revealed planes for a follow up film Planes: Fire and Rescue.

The Pixar movie set ‘above the world of Cars’ will return to the big screen next summer.

Deadline reports that Disney has lined up Modern Family star Julie Bowen to play a character called Dipper, who is an obsessive fan of main character Dusty Crophopper.

John Lasseter, the Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney, added that the plot with be ‘dedicated to all of those firefighters that put their lives on the line to protect people they don’t know.’

At the D23 Expo this month, Disney unveiled plans for their upcoming slate of films, including The Pirate Fairy, starring Christina Hendricks and Tom Hiddleston, and new castmembers for Finding Dory – including Eugene Levy and Diane Keaton.

Levy and Keaton will voice the parents of Dory played by Ellen DeGeneres for the second time since 2003’s Finding Nemo.